Hacker Culture

by Douglas Thomas

Douglas Thomas offers an in-depth history of this important and fascinating subculture, contrasting mainstream images of hackers with a detailed firsthand account of the computer underground. Thomas studies novels and films ( Neuromancer , WarGames , Hackers , and The Matrix ) and reveals contemporary views of hackers as technological wizards, high-tech pranksters, and virtual criminals. Thomas then examines the court cases of Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht to determine how hackers are defined as criminals. Thomas finds that popular hacker stereotypes express the public’s anxieties about the information age far more than they do the reality of hacking.

Genres: Technology, Hackers, Nonfiction

296 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sayantani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives a snapshot on design thinking, agile and lean start up. Hacker culture is not only applicable to tech industries but to all corporations that needs to be creative and operate with speed. Great read!

[Digital Antagonist · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing is inconsistent ranging from boring prose to thick walls of academic comparative literature jargon. Were it not for the dearth of other writing on the subject, this book would have never been published in this state. It very much reads as the author's first attempt and I wish he would have tried again. Thomas has interesting things to say and I don't regret reading the book at all. It's just, I probably won't be recommending it to anyone but I respect the man.

[James Tanner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essential reading for any computer literate person.

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